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# mastodon-blocklist-deploy
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A small tool to deploy blocklist updates to a mastodon server using its API.
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## Concept
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The idea is to maintain a blocklist in a simple structured file in this repository. All changes need to be deployed to
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the mastodon server, this is supposed to be automated with Drone CI.
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In order to compare the list entries, we can read the whole blocklist
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using [the get endpoint](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/admin/domain_blocks/#get). At the same time we read the
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whole file in the repository, make a comparision
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and [remove](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/admin/domain_blocks/#delete) unblocked domains from the blocklist
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and [add](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/admin/domain_blocks/#create) newly added.
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Since we have several attributes for a domain blog, a simple `.txt` file might not be sufficient. We probably want to
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set the severity, reject_media, reject_reports and comments. This means we need a human-readable, easily python-readable
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and structured file format. Since Python 3.11 got native support for [toml](https://toml.io/) and it
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supports [Array of Tables](https://toml.io/en/v1.0.0#array-of-tables), I'd prefer to use this.
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# Basic usage
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##
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```
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usage: mastodon_blocklist_deploy [-h] [-s SERVER] [-t TOKEN] [-i INPUT_FILE] [-r REMOTE_BLOCKLIST] [-o OUTPUT] [-v] [-n]
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[--format FORMAT] [--private]
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{diff,deploy,export}
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Deploy blocklist updates to a mastodon server
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positional arguments:
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{diff,deploy,export} Either use 'diff' to check the difference between local blockĺist and the blocklist on the server, 'deploy'
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to apply the current local blocklist or 'export' to export the remote blocklist into a local file.
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options:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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-s SERVER, --server SERVER
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The address of the server where you want to deploy (e.g. mastodon.social)
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-t TOKEN, --token TOKEN
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Authorization token
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-i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
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The blocklist to use
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-r REMOTE_BLOCKLIST, --remote-blocklist REMOTE_BLOCKLIST
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The remote blocklist as json for debugging reasons
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-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
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Filename where to export the blocklist
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-v, --verbose
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-n, --no-delete Do not delete existing blocks
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--format FORMAT Export format: toml|markdown|csv
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--private When the flag is set, private comment will also be exported.
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```
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## Obtain a server token
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1. Be an admin on the server.
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2. Add an application in the Mastodon Web Client (https://yourdomain.org/settings/applications/new. Make sure to select the permissions `admin:read` and `admin:write`.
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3. Copy the Token (last value in the table) 
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# Typical workflow
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1. **Export the current blocklist from the server**
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```
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mastodon_blocklist_deploy export -s yourserver -t yourtoken -o blocklist.toml
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```
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2. **Manually add something to the blocklist**
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```toml
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[[instances]]
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name = "instance-to-block.com"
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domain = "instance-to-block.com"
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severity = "suspend"
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reject_media = true
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reject_reports = true
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public_comment = "X, Y and Z"
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private_comment = "We discussed this after X and Y and now that Z happend we decided to block"
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```
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3. **Check the difference between the local and remote blocklist**
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```
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mastodon_blocklist_deploy diff -s yourserver -t yourtoken -i blocklist.toml
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```
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4. **Apply the local blocklist to the server**
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```
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mastodon_blocklist_deploy apply -s yourserver -t yourtoken -i blocklist.toml
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``` |